A "Lead the Sheep" Game

excerpted from an older lesson plan by Kirk of Kildaire.

The game is pretty simple and can easily be adapted

"He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.”

After playing this "lead the blindfolded sheep" game, invite the students to make the obstacle course HARDER.  Try some different versions, such as, leading with voice, or leading with stick, and definitely, "try to get through the course without help." 

WHILE YOU PLAY you'll have ample opportunities to talk about "how we need to be led" "what blindfolds us?"  "how God speaks to lead us"  "what are the distractions and other voices confusing us?"  "how can we hear better?"  and "Is the right path always the EASY path?"

The basics of the game:

Assign several children to be the “sheep,” one child to be the voice of God, and five or six others to be a distracting voice – friends, TV, music, video games, etc. (If you have a very small group you can have just one sheep at a time, but most groups will need to have more than one sheep in order to let more children play).

Take the sheep out of the room, blindfold them, bring them back in and have them find their way through a maze made of chairs and tables lined up with several dead-end paths. The distracting voices will talk to the blindfolded children all at the same time, mostly giving wrong directions. They could also play music on a boom box, sing, pretend to be a TV ad urging the sheep to buy something, tell them “it’s more fun over here,”etc. God will also be giving directions but will be difficult to hear because of other voices. One at a time have the voices go silent, ultimately leaving only God's voice to guide the children through the course.

Repeat with another group of sheep and voices. Be sure those who didn’t have a role the first time get to participate this time. While the sheep are out of the room, have the children help rearrange the maze. 

If the children are enjoying the game, repeat it as long as time permits, giving as many kids as possible a chance to be sheep. With the younger children, keep the maze very simple. With older kids, you might add more dead-ends and some obstacle-course features (things to climb over or under, etc.) Might also space the chairs a few feet apart so they can’t just feel their way through, have to listen to directions. With large groups, consider having two mazes to give everybody a chance to play. 

Wrap-up:
Gather on the floor and recite the key Bible verse: "He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake.”

Source: http://www.kirkofkildaire.org/...ssons/Ps23Arcade.htm